Fastening strip



Sept. 19, 1944. l.. M. RABlNowlTz FASTENING STRIlD -Filed July 8, 1943 r---r I.

Patented Sept. 19, 1944 FASTENING. i Louis M. Rabinowitziiarpkiyn, Ni f i Application July 8, 1943-siiai Nb. 493,954 claims. (cilzjijcj,

' This invention relates to fastening devices for garments and other articles, and more particularly to' adjustable fastening devices of this char- 'acteicomprisingA a member provided with means adapted t slectivel'yengag and hold in different positions cooperating means carried by ay sec ond member, to provide `Vfora ready adjustirient of the garment -acording'to'the dimensie-n of the parts to which it' is to ble'ariplied.

Garments, particularlyf -W'omens garments, have often-t be provided with fastening means that, besides supporting the garment on the wearer'a'nd offering sufllicient resistance to the strains to which the garment is subjected iniise, must permit the necessary form-fitting adjustments in the quickest and simplest manner. The fastening means commonly adoptedv for this'purpose comprise, for instance, a series f conv'entional metal eyes secured t'c one end of a'garment and cooperating with licoks carriedv bythe'other'end of the garment, or snap-fastener arrangements, slide buckles and similar conditions, andthe somewhat insecure vconnection of the metal partsto the garment.

VTo eliminate these disadvantages, and to reduce the number of metal parts required,`it has been proposed to 'providefadjustable straps made entirely of fabric`7and-embodying surfacescbtained for instance through the formation of pockets in the strap, adapted to cooperate with .conventional hooks, saidv hooks remaining interlocked with the coacting surfaces afterl having been guided into engagement therewith, land bef ing easily disengageable therefrom rby means cf a reverse relative movement of the hooks and of the surfaces-carrying member.'l l

' It is the general Aobject of this invention to provide an improved adjustable garment strap of this general character, such a strap having tive insec'iuri'tyi of the' fastening under certain a` maximum resistivity `to' strains and therefore particularly adapted Whenever the conditionsof use are such as to impose relatively severe strains on the fastening members, or Whenevera particularly secure fastening'is desired for 'any other reason. Accordingly, it is an object of theinvention to provide a' strap Vhaving a plurality of series of pocketsfor engagement with a plurality of cooperating' hooks. l

A further object of this invention is to" provide a. strap of this Yclfiaracter that can be manufactured' in a simple fand'inexpensive manner, in particular to provde'ufor the concurrent formation of a plurality of series' oftra'risversely spaced- Online la'flaofFig-ure 1;; Y

Figure v2 isfa sideview o'fLthe'same parts shown l2o Y i devices. Their snort; lcc'51?n.ings are Well known, among others,the-rela 'pockets-With a minimum of/inaterial and operi-'l ations-'- 'K I These and other objects of theinventin will become apparent as the` description. proceeds.

#I While my invention is hadvanta'geo'u'sly applicabler to straps for Womens garments, an particular, asmentioned; Yit is' obviously also` capable of application to adjustable fasteners for a Wide variety of uses, .and it Wi-li be: understood that` all such possible*applicationslare Within the scope oftheinvention, u l

"In thev drawing: .l y Figure 1 `is a plan `View ofv one embodiment/of my strap ina preliminary'stage' of construction thereolshowingparts. that cooperate to the formation of the completed device.

Figure 1a isanlendA elevation in crosssection in Figure i. if Figure 3 isav pian-,viewofthe-device in amore 'advanced stageoiconstructiom t 1 Figure 3a is'- an. and4 elevation in 'cross-section on line 3a-3a of Figure 3. l

` Figure l 'a' plar'ivievv of the strap after it has been completed. i y i Figures 5d, 5kb aridgrue fragmentary planv'iews of "afurther"r einbodiinentf'rnystrap wherein the transverse- A'ace'd pocket'sfare developed from and along` ay single Vfoldingelement"offiny strap'. Figs. 6d is an' end elevation, in'` section, on line -arof 5, and Figs, 6b and, .6c are-'similar end elevationsr in' sectionmo'n line (ibn-,Sb of Fig.

- ii'iiifure-4aV is an end elevation in amiss-'section v'for' engage? V5b'ar`id line lic-'6c ofjFig.- 6, respectively.

Referring new in getan-iq the jqrawingwiiwifii be seen that the Ystrap comprises afbasejstrip l0 of any suitable fabric; two' parallel narijoviferY strips n alia Yri' maar?Y aim-suitable faerie-fois'tancel-'the same fabriciulsed for the base, strip', are superimosedgoaii irixspaii'-re1aiioir io iii@ v side edges thereof, each1V ci 'saicil strips il i2 being `folded transve w y upon' itself throughout its 'length atfequ'idistantly spaced; intervals;V as

.a portioni of the folds of said stripsl I, I2, these latter strips must be located on base strip I in such a position as to allow for this overlapping.

After strips Il, I2 have been secured to base strip I8, the longitudinal edges I8, I9 of the lat-VY ter are oppositely inturned and caused to overlap upon a portion of the folds ofstrips II, I2, edge I8 being caused to overlap strip II and edge I9 strip I2, and are stitched to said strips and the underlying body of strip I0 respectively along" lines 20, 2|, ,as shown in Figure 3, the marginal portions of .said edges I8, I9 having been previously turned 'under to form hems 22, 23 as shown in Figure 3a. As it willbereadily understood, lines of stitching 20,'2I While anchoring Vthe overlapped edges of base strip II) to strips II, I2 and to the underlyingsurface of strip |0, primarily -serve todefine one of the sides of the-pockets, Anamely the outer side thereof, and concurrently also add to the strength of the connection of strips II, I2 with the base strip, connection previously effected by means of lines of stitching I6, I1 parallel to lines20, 2 I. These latter lines may parallel lines I6, I'I more or less closely but ob.. viously should not be spaced outwardly of said lines. Y Asthe base ofthe pocketsA is formed by the inner edge I4 of the infold portion of each pocket, and the outer edge I3 isa free edge. defining the mouth of the pockets in cooperation with'the underlying surface, itis apparent'that the construction of the pocketswill be completed when the remaining or innerside of the pockets has been defined. L` 1 To allow of the Vconcurrent formation of this inner side of the pockets of both strips I I and I2, a further strip 24 of similar fabric, the edges whereof have been turned under to `form hems 25,26, is caused to overlap concurrently upon a portion of bothY strips] I Y and I2, and is united to the underlyingrb'ody of strip I0 through strips I I, I2 by means` of parallel lines of stitching 2'I, 28 close to the hemmed edges of strip 24, said lines of stitching defining the in ner side of the pockets and concurrently completingthe connection of strips II, I2 with the base strip. It is 4evident that hemmed `edges 25, 26 vwill be in spaced relation tohemmed edges 22, 23 of strip I0 so that a portion of strips` II, I2 remains ex posed to afford access tothe YpocketsV formed therein in the manner described.

Figure 5 illustrates a possible practical application of the. strapvand shows the end portion 29 of a pocket-'embodying strap, constructed as described, and the end portion of va cooperating member 38 carrying conventional hooks 3|, -32 secured thereto in asuitable manner, forginstance by stitching, said hooks being in suitably spaced .relation for registering with the series of pockets. Clearly, the pocketfembodying strap will be secured to the garment or other article to which it is applied in such a manner as topresentA the mouth or free edge YI3 of thev pockets in the properposition'for engagement with the hooksisothat the hooks beferiteredin any ofY the pockets, as it may be desired for adjustment purposes, by causing the nib of the hook to slide underneath free edge I3 of the pockets for engagement of the base-forming surface of the nib with said edge.

In the embodiment illustrated in the fragmentary plan views of Figs. 5a, 5b and 6, and in section in Figures 6a to 6d, wherein these elements common to my first embodiment have been des. ignated by identical reference,` characters, the basefabric I0 k'has superimposedlthereon a relatively narrower strip 40 spaced inwardly from each side thereof. This trip 40 is folded transversely Vupon itself to provide a wide pocket formation defined by folds or pleats I3 and I4 forming an elongated infold I5. kThe fold-embodying strip 40 is secured in pleated condition to the base fabric I0 by lines of stitching I6 and I'I (see Figure 6a), and the longitudinal edges I8 and I9 of the base strip are inturned and stitched along lines 20 and 2l to provide an? overlap. (See Figure Y6b.)v To form the transversely spaced pockets, strip 24, which is narrower than strip 40, is superimposed in spaced relationship to the longitudinal edges of pleated strip and stitched thereto along linesof stitching 21 and 28 (see Figure 6 c) `to provide the end product strap shown in plan view in Figure..6 d.

It will be understood that while 1 have described and illustrated in jthe drawing preferred embodiments of the invention, many modifications rnay be made therein without departing from the spirit of the invention or exceeding the scope of the claims.

1. A strap for garments or the like comprising a base strip of fabric, a strip of fabric folded transversely upon itself at spaced intervals longitudinally thereof and superimposed upon said basestrip intermediate theside edges thereof, saidrside edges o f the base strip being Voppositely folded over upon the longitudinal outer edges of said fold-embodying strip, a further strip of fab-l ric placed centrally Vof saidfoldfembodying strip with its side edges spaced-inwardly ofthe folded over sideV edges of the base strip, A-to define two series of pockets, and lines of stitching-adjacent the side edges of the basestrip and adjacent the side edges of the centrally placed' stripuniting said edges to the underlying'ba'se strip throug the fold-embodying narrowerstrip,

- 2, A strap for garmentsor the like comprising a base strip of fabric, two narrower.' parallel strips of fabricrfolded transverselyupon themselves at spaced intervals longitudinally thereof and superimposed Vupon said base strip intermediate the side edges thereof,V4 said -sideV edges of thebase strip being oppositely f oldedl overA upon the longitudinal outer edges of said fold-embodying strips, a further strip of fabricplaced centrally Vof said fold-embodying strips -withits side 'edges in overlapping ,relation to the inner longitudinal edges of said strips, inwardly ofthe folded over side edges of the base strip,to define parallelY series of pocketsA and lines .of stitching adjacent the side edges of the base v strip and adjacent the'.

side edges of the centrally placedstrip uniting said edges to the underlying bajse strip through the fold-embodying narrower strips,v a

3. A garment strap Vcomprising a base strip of fabric, two narrower parallel strips; of fabric superimposed upon saidbase strip in spaced relattion to the side edgesof this lattersaid narrower strips being folded transversely,uponthemselves at spaced P-'GeH/als,longtlldmally4 thereof to form series of pockets, a. further strip of fabric located centrally of said narrower strips with its marginal portions overlapping upon the inner longif tudinal edges of said narrower strips, the marginal portions of the base strip being oppositely folded over upon the outer longitudinal edges of said narrower strips in spaced relation to the marginal portions of said centrally located strip, the marginal portions of said base strip and the marginal portions of said centrally located strip being united to the underlying surface of the base strip by means of parallel lines of stitching passing through said pocket-forming narrower strips, and said lines of stitching defining the sides of the pockets.

4. A garment strap comprising a base strip of fabric, two narrower parallel strips of fabric superimposed upon said baseV strip in spaced relation to the side edges thereof, said narrower strips being folded transversely upon themselves at equidistantly spaced intervals longitudinally thereof to form series of pockets and being secured to the base strip by lines of stitching inwardly of the outer longitudinal edge thereof; ya further strip of fabric located centrally of said narrower strips with its marginal portions overlapping upon the inner longitudinal edges of said vouter longitudinal edges of said narrower strips stitching securing the marginal portions of the base strip and the marginal portions of the centrally located strip to the .underlying surface of the base strip through said pocket-,forming narrower strips and throughout the lengthv of these latter, said lines of Astitching being in closely parallel relation to the aforementioned lines of stitching securing the pocketfforming strips to Y the basestrip.

base strip being oppositely folded over upon the 5. A` garment strap comprising a, base strip of fabric, two narrower strips of fabric folded transverselyupon themselves at spaced intervals'longitudinally thereof and secured to the base strip in spaced relation to each other inwardly of the side edges of said base strip, a further strip secured to said narrower strips inroverlapping relation to the inner longitudinal edges thereof, the marginal portions of the base strip being folded upon the outer edges of said narrower strips and secured thereto to expose a portion of the folds formed therein and to cooperate with said further strip in dening series of pockets.

LOUIS M. RABINoWrrz. 

